On Oak Orchard Road (New York State Route 98) 0.8 miles south of Ridge Road West (New York State Route 104), on the right when traveling south.
J.A. Lafler opened a brickyard here in the 1850's. He produced drainage tile and bricks for local buildings. Pat'd a brick machine - 1863 — — Map (db m179180) HM
On Ridge Road West (New York State Route 104), on the right when traveling west.
[left side] Historic District At left: Cobblestone house built in 1842 with field or glaciated stones in the Gaines pattern also known as depressed hexagonal. Mason - John Simmons. [right side] Historic District At right: . . . — — Map (db m78241) HM
On Ridge Road West (New York State Route 104) 0.1 miles east of Gaines Waterport Road (New York State Route 279), on the right when traveling west.
1st in Orleans County in which revolutionary soldiers John Anderson - David Bullard and many pioneers are buried First burial in 1812 — — Map (db m78218) HM
On Ridge Road (New York State Route 104) at Oak Orchard Road (New York State Route 98), on the right when traveling west on Ridge Road.
Cobblestone
Historic District
Has Been Designated a
National Historic Landmark
This District Possesses National Significance
In Commemorating the History of the
United States of America
1993
National Park Service
United States . . . — — Map (db m162356) HM
On Ridge Road West (New York State Route 104) at Oak Orchard Road (New York State Route 98), on the right when traveling west on Ridge Road West.
Ingenious use of local materials gave rise to a home-grown Seaway Trail architectural style. Cobblestone construction was perfected by local masons between the opening of the Erie Canal and the Civil War. Local farmers had access to the . . . — — Map (db m78221) HM
On Ridge Road West (New York State Route 104) at Gaines Road (New York State Route 279), on the right when traveling east on Ridge Road West.
Crossroads - Oak Orchard Rd. Batavia to Oak Orchard Creek surveyed 1803 and Ontario Trail known as The Ridge. Rochester to Lewiston improved in 1814 — — Map (db m78217) HM
Near Ridge Road West (New York State Route 104) 0.2 miles east of Allen's Bridge Road.
During the 1840's & 1850's local stone mason Cyrus Witheral built some of the most outstanding cobblestone homes found here in the town of Gaines. These lake stone landmarks including several along the historic Ridge Rd. in the herring bone pattern . . . — — Map (db m171620) HM
On Ridge Road West (New York State Route 104) 0.2 miles west of Transit Road, on the right when traveling west.
Five Mile House Later known as Ball's Tavern. Built in 1816 by John Huff. Here the mail carriers between Canandaigua and Lewiston used to stop over night. — — Map (db m101136) HM
On Gaines Basin Road, 0.8 miles south of West Bacon Road.
1832 Gaines Basin Schoolhouse District #2 used until 1944 Made of field cobblestones Replaced a log cabin where Caroline Phipps taught — — Map (db m150363) HM
On Ridge Road West (New York State Route 104) 0.2 miles east of Oak Orchard Road (New York State Route 98), on the right when traveling west.
Was used until 1952. Made of lake-washed stone it is one of over 900 cobblestone masonry buildings built in N.Y. State from 1825 to 1860. Marker in memoriam Elwood Lawrence, Teacher, 1951-52 — — Map (db m78242) HM
On Oak Orchard Road (New York State Route 98) at Ridge Road West (New York State Route 104), on the right when traveling south on Oak Orchard Road.
Built in 1838 by Starr Chester, a cobbler, for a shoe shop. Remodeled in 1883 for other purposes. Moved here from Gaines, NY in 1987. — — Map (db m179173) HM
On Ridge Road West (New York State Route 104) 0.1 miles west of Oak Orchard Road (New York State Route 98), on the right when traveling east.
Historic Ridge Road Genesee to Niagara —————————— Home of John Proctor who on horse during a December night in 1813 warned the settlers along the Ridge Road from here to Clarkson of the . . . — — Map (db m171649) HM
On Ridge Road (New York State Route 104) at Crandall Road (County Route 71), on the right when traveling east on Ridge Road.
Home of Katherine Belle Rowley 1870-1936 Teacher, farmer, author of "The Historic Ridge," erected DAR historic markers 1st Orleans Co. Historian May 14, 1934 — — Map (db m92507) HM
On Oak Orchard Road at Ridge Road West (Route 104), on the right when traveling south on Oak Orchard Road.
The first smithy stood here. It burned in 1921. Neighbors diverted the brook so the new shop could be farther away from the house. In memory of Rene Schasel 1947 - 2019. Joseph & Nellie Vagg moved here with son & dau. in 1909. In 1929 they . . . — — Map (db m179176) HM
On Lattin Road at West Transit Church Road, on the right when traveling north on Lattin Road.
1815 Josias Lamont purchased 140 acres from Holland Land Co. Cleared land and road from Ridge Rd. Struggled until 1824 opening of Erie Canal. 6 generation farm — — Map (db m171622) HM
On Ridge Road West (New York State Route 104) 0.1 miles east of Gaines Waterport Road (New York State Route 279), on the right when traveling west.
"I sing of the great Ridge Road, Of the highway our children shall see That lies like a belt on Ontario's shore Carved out in wisdom of ages before For the races that yet are to be." TREK—DE WITT CLINTON—1810 "In the great work . . . — — Map (db m78216) HM
On West County House Road, 1.8 miles west of Oak Orchard Road (Route 98), on the left when traveling west.
Orleans County Alms House Cemetery The Orleans County Alms "Poor" House served the destitute, indigent, and infirmed of this community for over a century. For many, this cemetery became their final resting place, marked with either a simple stone . . . — — Map (db m179156) HM
On Ridge Road (New York State Route 104) 1 mile east of Oak Orchard Road (New York State Route 98), on the right when traveling west.
March 3, 1807 this land was chosen by the first settler in the town of Gaines, 8 on Ridge Rd in Orleans County, Mrs. Elizabeth Gilbert — — Map (db m78243) HM
Near Ridge Road (New York State Route 104) 0.5 miles west of Oak Orchard Road (New York State Route 98), on the right when traveling east.
The Neutral Nation of Indians, an Iroquoian group affiliated with the Eries, were early inhabitants of this area. About 1650 they were conquered by the Senecas of the Five Nations Confederacy. French explorers and traders crossed this area and . . . — — Map (db m92499) HM
